Friday, May 16, 2003

Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music Rock Music CD Review

The exceptionally talented Rock group Electric Light Orchestra have released their CD entitled Face The Music. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Electric Light Orchestra fans, and Rock fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Face The Music their artistic excellence is on full display as they have once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be their best work to date.

Face The Music launches with an outstanding track, Fire On High, that I anticipate will be heard on radio stations everywhere, and deservedly so. It's a really nice track.

Face The Music has a nicely varied, mix of 12 tracks that are very well written and brilliantly performed songs by these clearly superb musicians. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only imagine are their own personal experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, heartbreak, pain, failed relationships and unattainable romance. They're all here.

If you're a Electric Light Orchestra fan, or just a fan of Rock music this is a CD your collection simply should not be without.

While the entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are track 3 - Evil Woman, track 12 - Waterfall, and track 7 - Down Home Town

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Fire On High. This is a great track!

Face The Music Release Notes:

Electric Light Orchestra originally released Face The Music on September 12, 2006 on the Legacy Recordings label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Fire On High

2. Waterfall

3. Evil Woman

4. Nightrider

5. Poker

6. Strange Magic

7. Down Home Town

8. One Summer Dream

9. Fire On High Intro - (Early Alternative mix, previously unreleased, bonus track)

10. Evil Woman - (Stripped Down mix, previously unreleased, bonus track)

11. Strange Magic - (US Single Edit; bonus track)

12. Waterfall - (previously unreleased, instrumental, bonus track)

Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar); Kelly Groucutt (vocals, bass guitar); Richard Tandy (guitar, piano, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer); Mik Kaminsky (violin); Hugh McDowall, Melvin Gale (cello); Bev Bevans (drums, percussion, background vocals).